Lily's Blessing

I only got these pics while at Lily's blessing celebration.  It was so great to see everyone! Everyone, from my family at least, had a great time!  Lily is so beautiful and sweet and I can't wait to see her again, as well as the rest of her family.  Dinner was great thanks to Spencer and Jenny and others who contributed.  Thank you all for a great time! 

McKenzie's teeth

Its kinda hard to see but McKenzie has lost the two teeth just on either side of his top front teeth.  He lost one 3 or 4 months ago and then the other just a couple of weeks ago.  And neither of the permenant teeth have started coming in yet.  I don't know what is going on with that.  I think I need to get him in to see the dentist to see if there are any teeth up there to come down.  Poor guy!  But he DOES look super cute with those two teeth out.

In the Homecoming parade

A couple of Fridays ago I took the kids to walk in a parade for the Homecoming game for Rosemont Highschool.  We walked about 2 miles with others from the boys elementary school.  There were about 20 of us there from our school.  The group behind us was walking so fast that we ended up walking behind them a couple of times.  I was carrying Allison for a while and it was hard to keep up.  We had a good time though.  We saw people we know lining the sides of the street to see the parade.  I didnt realize it was going to be such a big thing.

Apple Hill

Last Saturday we went to Apple Hill and the kids rode horses and went on a train ride.  We all had a great time!

Allison on the toilet

Allison still has not shown the much sought after signs of wanting to go potty on the toilet.  A few times she has said that she wants to go sit on the potty.  Yeah!  Well, then nothing happens.  She just sits there and then says she is done, wipes herself, flushes and gets down.  The other day Michael saw her looking like she was going in her diaper and he quickly took her to the bathroom and sat her down on the toilet where she went potty.  Wahooo!!!  But since then, nothing.  Well, a couple of days ago, she said she wanted to sit on the potty.  I stayed in there with her and read her a book.  Nothing happened.  I asked her if she was done and she said, "Yes, I done."  Then 3 seconds later she says, "Actually, I have to finish my book, so I not done yet."  After she was done with her book she said she was ready to get down.  I am eagerly awaiting the day when she actually goes potty on the toilet!  When oh when will it come?

How old are you, Mom?

I am watching 3 girls so their mom can go to night school 2 nights a week and one night while they were here McKenzie came bursting through the glass door, kinda like Kramer, and asks me, "How old are you mom?" I was a little surprised, and he was a little out of breath. I cautiously asked him why he wanted to know that and he said, "Christine says her mom is 40 and I want to know if you are bigger than her." I said I was 34 and he turned back outside and said, " Your mom is 40, Christine? Your mom is bigger than my mom." Yeay, I am not the bigger one!!!

Allison dancing

I was in the office and heard something in the family room but I couldn't figure out what it was so I started to go in there when Allison came in the office. I asked her what she was doing and she said something about a card. I couldn't figure it out until I went into the family room and saw the "conga-rats" card Mom and Dad sent to Michael for passing his test. She likes to open it then dance, so I grabbed the camera. How cute is that?

Allison's name

So Allison hates when people call her anything but her name. She will look at you and say, "My name isn't sweetie, it's Allison." Everyone just smiles or laughs. Well, this morning Michael was talking to her about the birthday party she went to last night and she just looked at him and said with her little (well, actually BIG) attitude, "STOP talking to me!" A few minutes later he said something about people and she said, "I not people, stop talking to me, again!!" We all laughted but I could see Allison was getting frustrated. I could tell she wanted him to call her by her name when she turned to me and said,"What's my name again Mommy?" AAAHHHHH, the adorability of a three year old!!!

Allison's Birthday

So we finally had Allison's birthday party. Only 2 weeks after her birthday. The weekend after her birthday she was sick so we postponed it one week. She was so excited when it finally came. We played musical butterflys, where I copied butterflys off the net and put them in a circle around the family room. We only got through a couple of rounds when one of her friends asked if we could do something else. We made a box castle outside and had races across the lawn. They twirled, tip toed, and leaped to the finish line. We had princess cake that I decorated and opened presents. Each girl went home with a pair of plastic butterfly dress up shoes and a butterfly headband. All in all, a very good time had by all. After everyone went home it was time for a nap. Michael and I both woke up refreshed and relieved that the kids had not destroyed the house.

the paint was drying on this castle moments before the guests arrived

we made a box castle for the kids to play in

we played princess relay races across the lawn

I made and decorated this princess cake. Tina Brown looked over my shoulder to make sure I did a good job. She was a big help.

Princesses Allison, Clara and Abby sitting in their box castle.

Allison had a great time! She was so excited, (for a looooooong time,) to have her party.